HARBOUR TRAGEDY
TWO MEN DROWNED PUZZLING CIRCUMSTANCES SYDNEY, July 0 Two men, Alex Persson and Jack Delargie, were drowned when a dinghy capsized in the harbour yesterday. A third man, Karl Persson, was picked up. Puzzling features surround the tragedy. The two brothers, Alex and Karl Persson, visited Captain Nordin aboard tho Swedish cargo steamer Anten, after which the nightwatchman of the Anton rowed them to a wharf, from where they could catch a ferry to the city. Presumably Dolargio then picked up tho Pcrssons in his dinghy. Karl Persson told tho police that he could not remember what happened after ho and his brother were landed by the nightwatchman.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23083, 7 July 1938, Page 14
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110HARBOUR TRAGEDY New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23083, 7 July 1938, Page 14
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